Study history to improve education Don’t the answers to the current debate about the problem of declining standards in education that this country has been experiencing for many years lie in the past? It has often been said our nation used to have a reputation of having a world-class education system. If this was the case, then what did we use to do to achieve that reputation? What is it that we used to do to be consistently near the top of OECD countries for rates in numeracy and literacy? What did we do in the meantime to fall so ignominiously to the low levels of achievement we are now seeing? Answering these questions and addressing them might go a long way to restoring pride in our education system..
